Dr. Kumanga Andrahennadi

Dr. Kumanga Andrahennadi is the Co-Founder and a Director of the ‘Mindfulness for Earth’ (www.mindfulness4earth.org), an international initiative established in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Faith for Earth. Kumanga is also a Steering Committee Member of the ‘Mindfulness for Earth in Higher Education’ Initiative based at the Office of Global Affairs, University of Connecticut, USA. She is a Mindfulness Researcher, Educator and a Consultant with over 20 years of experience in delivering mindfulness-based programmes in the West for children, young people and adults. As the Founder of CALM: Centre for Advanced Learning of Mindfulness, U.K. (www.calmmindfulness.org), Kumanga pioneers delivering the ecological contemplative framework, the ‘Mindfulness for Earth’ (M4E) Programme, within the public, private and government sectors including to Mental Health, Education, Police Organisations and Private Corporations in the U.K. and internationally. As the ‘Mindfulness for Earth’ Programme Director for CALM, Kumanga has delivered courses and workshops to thousands of students, government and private sector employees, including to over 250 Police Officers and Staff in the U.K. She has also completed the one-year Teacher Training Programme (in 2022-2023) for Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L) at the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation, affiliated to the University of Oxford, U.K. She has further completed retreats and teacher training courses for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at the University of Bangor, U.K. and Mindfulness-Based Education Programme under Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village in France.